LHCb guides
María Vieites Díaz
María works as a post-doc at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She is a particle physicist working on data analysis, focusing on amplitude analysis in Radiative B decays, and on alignment-related tasks for the SciFi, the fibre tracker that is currently being installed in LHCb. She has recently got involved in occupancy studies for the Mighty Tracker, which is to be next generation tracker that could replace the SciFi in the future. She loves sailing and hiking and is a board-game enthusiast.
Preema Pais
Preema is a particle physicist at CERN, currently working on the assembly and commissioning of the Scintillating Fibre Tracker, and the analysis of rare radiative decays of beauty mesons. She obtained her PhD at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, searching for long lived particles with the ATLAS detector. In her spare time, you can find her exploring the Swiss Alps or climbing.
Violaine Bellée
Violaine is a particle physicist at University of Zürich in Switzerland. She works mainly on the Upstream Tracker, a new LHCb sub-detector to be installed in the cavern this year. At the same time, she is also involved in the development of the next generation of tracking detectors, namely the LHCb 'Mighty Tracker' to be installed starting in 2025. She also loves discussing physics and painting.
Aravindhan Venkateswaran
Arvind is a PhD student at Syracuse University, United States, and is currently based at CERN. His work has revolved around searching for rare phenomena, such as weak pentaquarks, isospin breaking amplitudes, and lepton flavour violation. He also works on different aspects of the LHCbUT tracker upgrade, such as the silicon sensors and the CO2 cooling system. When he isn't doing physics, he enjoys reading, chess and playing the guitar.
Nicole Skidmore
Nicole is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester and is currently developing software for the LHCb Upgrade. Her research interests include anomalous B meson decays and she will pursue such measurements with the data LHCb collects from 2022 onwards. Outside of LHCb you can find her exploring the peak district with her dog Muon.
Janina Nicolini
Janina Nicolini is a PhD student at TU Dortmund University and Université Paris-Saclay. Her research is focused on the analysis of rare b baryon decays. In addition, she is also helping with the assembly of the Scintillating Fibre Tracker at CERN. Due to her passion for physics, she dedicates some of her free time to outreach activities. If she is not working on physics related topics, she is usually capturing her experiences with her camera.
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